The Supreme Who Rules the Boundless Sky - Chapter 134

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Spear Heaven Martial Emperor Episode 134

 

“This is…”

 

Im Hoeun wore an expression of disbelief.

 

Despite continuously deploying troops, the enemy wasn’t being pushed back at all.

 

Rather, their own morale was dropping.

 

At this rate, it seemed they would never be able to break through that solid defense.

 

In that case, there was only one method left.

 

‘The special forces need to strike their flanks…’

 

But just as he was thinking that.

 

“Sect Master Im! This is terrible! Enemy! The enemy has appeared!”

 

“What!?”

 

Im Hoeun turned his head in shock.

 

There were about thirty troops led by Namgung Hyeok.

 

Their entire bodies were painted with blood of unknown origin.

 

However, Im Hoeun could tell that it definitely wasn’t their blood.

 

The enemies’ movements were far too intact for that to be the case.

 

Were they merely intact?

 

“St, stop them!”

 

“Aaaahhh!”

 

Slash!

 

Each time the Azure Heaven Sword flashed, a life was extinguished.

 

They carved a path with terrifying momentum.

 

Although a considerable number of the eight hundred were still alive, even if they all attacked at once, it didn’t seem like they could stop that charge.

 

“Sect Master! You must retreat! They’ll be here soon!”

 

The adjutant shouted in a desperate voice.

 

Im Hoeun gritted his teeth.

 

As he said, if he didn’t retreat now, his life would be forfeit.

 

No matter how he looked at it, he didn’t think he could survive against them.

 

“All forces retreat! Scatter and flee!”

 

In the end, he gave the order to withdraw.

 

Then, as if they had been waiting for it, the North Sado Alliance warriors screamed and ran away.

 

Some of them even abandoned their weapons while fleeing.

 

“We need to escape quickly too…”

 

Whoosh!

 

Thud!

 

“Ho, Ho Seong!”

 

Im Hoeun couldn’t help but be shocked at what happened before his eyes.

 

His adjutant from the same sect had been pierced by an arrow that came from somewhere.

 

Judging by the power of the arrow that penetrated the center of his chest, it was an instant death.

 

There was no way to save him somehow. He held back the tears that were bursting out and looked around frantically.

 

“What bastard is it! What bastard dares to….”

 

“Curious?”

 

At that moment, the Flame Sword was swung.

 

The startled Im Hoeun blocked the attack.

 

Clang!

 

Sword clashed against sword with a tremendous sound. He felt something rising from within and spat it out.

 

“Urgh!”

 

A handful of blood flowed down his throat.

 

Im Hoeun looked at the person who attacked him with trembling eyes.

 

Namgung Hyeok was standing right there.

 

“I heard your name is Im Hoeun. Is that correct?”

 

“You, you bastard…!”

 

“Seems correct. For the first and last time, I’ll make you an offer. Drop your weapons immediately and surrender. If you do, I’ll spare your life.”

 

“Shut up! Do you think I would surrender just because you say so!”

 

“If you refuse, then there’s nothing I can do.”

 

Namgung Hyeok looked to the side.

 

Then a black shadow rushed toward Im Hoeun. Im Hoeun’s eyes widened as he confirmed the identity of that shadow.

 

“Evil Path Alliance Leader!”

 

“Kuk kuk kuk. It’s been a long time.”

 

Im Hoeun and the Evil Path Alliance Leader were acquainted.

 

Back when the Evil Path Alliance was still intact, Im Hoeun was someone who had secured a position, albeit at the bottom, in the Evil Path Alliance’s headquarters.

 

But that’s precisely why he couldn’t understand it even more.

 

How could the missing Evil Path Alliance Leader appear now?

 

“Don’t tell me… you’ve gone under the Seonghwa Gate Master!?”

 

No matter how he thought about it, that was the only possibility.

 

Im Hoeun lit up with fury and condemned the Evil Path Alliance Leader.

 

“You shameless bastard! How could someone who was the Evil Path Alliance Leader beg for his life from the enemy….”

 

“Keu heu heu. It’s all to send you bastards to hell.”

 

Lee Cheolgun sneered as he unleashed sword strikes like a storm.

 

Kagagagang!

 

Im Hoeun couldn’t block all of the Evil Path Alliance Leader’s incoming sword strikes and suffered wounds in various places.

 

But at the same time, he realized that his opponent wasn’t finishing him off.

 

If he wanted to, he could have killed him long ago, but he wasn’t doing so. In other words, he was nothing more than a toy right now.

 

“This, this damn….”

 

Stab!

 

But perhaps growing tired of even that, a large sword wound was carved into his stomach. Im Hoeun dropped his sword as if in pain and immediately trembled.

 

Lee Cheolgun kicked Im Hoeun away and pulled out his sword.

 

He looked at Namgung Hyeok with a satisfied expression.

 

“Seonghwa Gate Master. Thank you for letting me have him.”

 

“If you don’t, you’ll probably be quite annoyed.”

 

Namgung Hyeok said this and looked around.

 

While Lee Cheolgun was killing Im Hoeun, the special forces led by Jeon Wook and the Namhae Sword Pavilion swordsmen who had abandoned their defensive stance were defeating the Northern Sado Alliance warriors.

 

It was truly tremendous momentum.

 

Few could survive being crushed by that momentum.

 

Namgung Hyeok stopped their pursuit and raised his sword high.

 

Whoosh!

 

“We are victorious!”

 

“Waaaaaaah!”

 

Fierce cheers responded to Namgung Hyeok’s cry.

 

Warriors from both Botaam and Seonghwa Sect rejoiced without distinction.

 

It was a perfect victory achieved with just over two hundred men against an enemy four times their number.

 

Namgung Hyeok sheathed the Azure Heaven Sword and approached the dying prisoners.

 

“Now then…”

 

It was time to find out why this had happened.

 

* * *

 

Putting together what the prisoners said, it was like this:

 

“So attacking Botaam was part of the Northern Sado Alliance Leader’s achievement building?”

 

That was the only way it could be explained.

 

The expressions of the Namhae Sword Pavilion swordsmen who heard the story turned grim. They were furious that they had been attacked for such a trivial reason.

 

“Those damn bastards…!”

 

“Calm down. By repelling a thousand men, your debt has already been fully repaid.”

 

“Huu. That’s true. Those guys have suffered great losses from this.”

 

“That’s right. But Young Lady Son, I have something I’d like to ask. Can you answer me?”

 

“Of course. I’ll do anything I can.”

 

“Where is the Sword Empress now?”

 

“…!”

 

Son Hyang showed a slightly surprised expression.

 

Her face showed she hadn’t expected such a question.

 

But she soon answered with a dark expression.

 

“We don’t know either. The reason we left the archipelago and came to this mainland was to search for the Sword Empress.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Namgung Hyeok made a subtle expression.

 

‘The Sword Empress’s disappearance.’

 

Indeed, if the Sword Empress had remained, the Northern Sado Alliance wouldn’t have dared to think of touching Botaam.

 

Then did the Northern Sado Alliance know something?

 

‘Should I have told them not to kill that Im Hoeun fellow?’

 

As a commander, he would likely have known something.

 

But there was no point in thinking about things that had already passed.

 

“Does anyone know about the Sword Empress’s whereabouts? If it’s proper information, I promise to free you from prisoner status.”

 

Namgung Hyeok asked the captured prisoners.

 

Several of them raised their hands.

 

“Well, it’s not certain, just a rumor…”

 

“Go ahead and speak.”

 

“There’s a rumor that the Sword Empress who came to kill the former Evil Path Alliance Leader was injured after a fierce battle with an incredible master and fled. They say she was injured to the point of near death…”

 

“Is that so? Do you know anything about it?”

 

“I did hear news that the Sword Empress had come during my time serving as the Evil Path Alliance Leader.”

 

Lee Cheolgun spoke with an ambiguous expression.

 

“But I can’t grasp the idea that she fought an incredible master, got injured, and fled. At that time, there shouldn’t have been any master in the North Sado Alliance capable of handling the Sword Empress.”

 

“So you’re saying… it was an outside master?”

 

Namgung Hyeok fell deep into thought.

 

A master outside the North Sado Alliance who could fight the Sword Empress and defeat her.

 

There was only one conclusion.

 

“It’s most likely the Blood Heaven Cult.”

 

“You think so too?”

 

It was a thought they could have because this was those bastards’ territory.

 

Any master wandering around Zhejiang Province would either be from the North Sado Alliance or the Blood Heaven Cult.

 

Occasionally, like beans in a drought, there were local Orthodox Faction sects or Evil Faction sects not affiliated with the North Sado Alliance, but they were all small-scale places.

 

Would such people fight the Sword Empress and win?

 

‘It’s more realistic that a Blood Heaven Cult envoy stepped forward.’

 

Those bastards wouldn’t just leave the Sword Empress alone when she could interfere with them. It was entirely possible.

 

“Hmm. I’d prefer to find the Sword Empress before returning…”

 

Namgung Hyeok’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the map.

 

The reason for trying to find the Sword Empress was simple.

 

Without her, Botaam could face crisis again.

 

Though they had defeated a thousand enemies now, there was no guarantee that enemies wouldn’t invade again.

 

‘If the Sword Empress were guarding the place at such times, it would be reassuring.’

 

The Blood Heaven Cult aside, the North Sado Alliance would be too afraid of the Sword Empress to deploy troops.

 

But the problem was how to find her in this vast Zhejiang Province.

 

“Hmm.”

 

It was when Namgung Hyeok was lost in thought.

 

“Um, if I tell you really useful information, will you really free me?”

 

One of the prisoners asked in a trembling voice.

 

Namgung Hyeok quietly gazed at him.

 

Though he seemed flustered by the sudden attention from such an important figure, the North Sado Alliance warrior swallowed nervously and waited for an answer.

 

“Yes. If I truly think it’s worthwhile, I’ll not only free you but reward you with silver taels.”

 

Namgung Hyeok nodded as he spoke.

 

Then the prisoner cautiously began his story.

 

“Not long ago, there was an order to search for the Sword Empress in the direction of Kuaiji Mountain. We ultimately couldn’t find her at the time… but I remember there were several reports of the Sword Empress being spotted even then.”

 

“Kuaiji Mountain.”

 

Kuaiji Mountain was a mountain that could be reached by traveling west for several days from their current location.

 

But the Northern Four Islands Alliance had ordered them to search for the Sword Empress in such a mountain?

 

It could only mean they knew something.

 

“Is that true?”

 

“I, I swear on my life that it’s true.”

 

Though his voice trembled, his expression was filled with conviction.

 

It seemed to be genuine.

 

Namgung Hyeok looked around at the colleagues who had come with him. Their gazes converged.

 

“Lord, what should we do?”

 

“I think it wouldn’t be bad to go take a look. Kuaiji Mountain is a place we can stop by on our way back.”

 

“That’s certainly true. Even if we stop by there, there would be almost no loss of time.”

 

Namgung Hyeok said this and looked at Son Hyang.

 

Under that gaze, Son Hyang gulped nervously.

 

“Would you like to come with us to Kuaiji Mountain? However, all two hundred people can’t come along. Moving in large numbers risks being discovered, so I’ll only accept one person’s support.”

 

“I’ll come with you.”

 

Son Hyang volunteered without a moment’s hesitation.

 

Namgung Hyeok nodded as if he had expected this.

 

In fact, from Botaam’s perspective, there was absolutely no reason not to join them.

 

“Then it’s decided. Young Lady Yeon Hong. Give this to him and release that prisoner several days after we leave.”

 

“Can’t you release him right now?”

 

“Our destination might be discovered immediately, so that won’t do. I’ll keep my promise, so don’t worry.”

 

Having said this, Namgung Hyeok bid farewell to the remaining sword warriors of Namhae Sword Pavilion.

 

“If anything happens, immediately send a request for support to our Seonghwa Sect. We’ll help you then.”

 

“We won’t forget this kindness. Thank you so much, Sect Master.”

 

Yeon Hong, who was said to be directly below Son Hyang in rank, performed a cupped fist salute as their representative.

 

Then the other two hundred sword warriors also followed her in performing the cupped fist salute.

 

“We won’t forget this kindness!”

 

Their resounding voices echoed through the air.

 

Namgung Hyeok chuckled softly and grasped his horse’s reins.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

“Yes!”

 

He gradually picked up speed and set off toward Kuaiji Mountain.

 

About thirty subordinates followed behind him.

 

And.

 

“We move too.”

 

Those who had been watching from afar began to move. Their target was the place Namgung Hyeok was heading toward.

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